Pipe-supporting device



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIIIGII J. SULLIVAN, OF MILVAUKEE, TISCNSIN PIPE-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,564, dated May 21, 1889.

Application filed October 26, 1888.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH J. SULLIVAN, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of IVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Pipe Supporting Device 5 and I do hereby declare the following' to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a device especially fit-ted and adapted for steadying and supporting that class of waterpipes that are attached to houses on the outside vertically for conveying rain-water from the gutters on the roots to the ground, and especially with reference to pipes constructed of corrugated sheet metal.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my newly-devised bracket. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my bracket in use with a rectangular corrugated metal pipe. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my device in use with a round water-pipe. Fig. 4 is a top view or plan of the device shown in Fig. l, slightly modified.

The same letters reifer to like parts in the several views.

The bracket shown in Fig. l consists of a tang, A, intended and adapted to be driven into the side of a building, whereby the bracket is affixed permanently tothe building, andan arm or head, B, integral therewith, but at right angles thereto and provided on its outer face with a channel, C, which channel is intended to be in a vertical direct-ion, and is adapted to receive therein one of the ridges or outwardly-projecting corrugations, D, of the water-pipe E. A metal band, F, fitted loosely about the pipe E, is adapted to slide over the arm or head B and hold the pipe securely to the bracket. The water-pipes are sometimes constructed in a rectangular form, as shown in Fig. 2, and sometimes in a round form, as shown in Fig. 3, and when my bracket is intended for use with the round form I preferably curve or round the back ot the Serial No. 289,201. (No model.)

arm B, as shown at G in Fig. et, to thereby adapt it more completely for use in connection with the circular baud F. I also preferably enlarge that portion of the shank of the bracket at II which is to remain outside of the house and which should be made sufficiently strong to properly support the waterpipe, the smaller tang part, A,being intended to be driven into the side of the building I as shown in Figs. 2 and It will be understoodt-hat iu use the tang A of this bracket is driven into the side of the building up to the enlarged or body part II of the shank in such position that the groove or channel C will be vertical, and the water-pipe is then placed vertically against the outer surface of the arm B in such inanner that a rib or ridge, D, of the water-pipe will enter the channel C, and the band F is then moved down on the water-pipe and over and around the arm B of the bracket, whereby the water-pipe is held in iirm position with reference to the building by means of the bracket or such number of them as may be necessary. Any other form of water-pipe having a rib or ridge adapted to enter the channel C on the outside of the head or arm B could be used equally well with this form ot' bracket.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bracket consisting of a tang, A, adapted to be driven into the side of a building, an enlarged shank, II, and a head, B, having a vertical channel, C, in its face, in combination with a corrugated metal water-pipe and a baud, F, fitting closely but movably about the pipe and the head of the bracket, the channel in the face of the bracket being constructed and adapted to receive therein.and lit closely upon an outwardly-projecting corrugation of the pipe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

lHUGH J. SULLIVAN.

XVitnesses:

C.' T. BENEDICT, C. II. KEENEY. 

